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@its tmhnlc tremiti it that 3eme @that ant ranting 'part nt the same To ALL WHOM'IT MAY -eon'ennm Be it known that I, GEORQE REAY. of the city.. county, and State of' NewrdYnrlt, have invented a new and useful I mprovcmentin Envelope Machines;l aniLIdo hereby declare that thefollwing is .a'full, clearand exact 'description thereof, which'wll'cnable those skilled inthe 'avt to makefanil use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whieb-f Figure 1 represents :t plan or top pieu' of this invention.v i Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the saine. Similar letters of reference indicate like pai-ts.. 'This invention COHSlStS inthe arrangement-rot" a movable slide or arms fitted into' guide-gx-oo`ves in the bell of' an envelope machine, and provided' with lips or studs 'which servo to'hold the pile ofv bilzmkslinl position in siieh a manner lthat by means of said sliding arms-the pile of blanks can be pushed -in VVunder:` the pickers ory Agummersfor removed from under ,said pickers without stoppingv the machine o1' interrupting -its regular motion. 'It'consists, further, iifmaking that portion' of the bed which is vsituated under the pickers o near theplace wherelthe' pickers would strike the llied'ii'- allowed to come down uponit, uneven vor rugged, either by attaching to the bed a projection, or by providing it with `a depression, in'such a manner thatl the piekex's'in coming donfn upon thepile of blanks cause the same toV bend; and by these .means the separation of the blanks, one 'i'rorix the other, is materially facilitated..-

' A represents the bed of an envelope'machine, on 'which are supported thezpickers B and-all the vother parts requisite to gum and fold the enuelopes. v The pickers B rise and fall -bythe action of a cam in the usual man-v ner, and the pile of blanks is pushed under them by means of sliding arms C, whichv lmove -insuitable guidegrooves,y a, in the bed.' The upper sirface of thefse arms is Hush with thzttof the bed, so thatI` the blanks in reality rest upon th bed; b ut said arms are vprovided-With projecting studs or lips, b, which bear against the edges of t-he blanks and( hold the pile imposition, and whieh, wl1en said arms areA moved in or out, compel the pile of blanks to move with the-same. The two sliding arms are eonn'etedby a,crosspiece,'c, and it 'is obyoui; that instead of having two ams a single arm or slide might be used, which would produce the same ora similar e'eet. By the'action-of these arms the pile of blanks can be pushed under4 the pickers without interrupting the motion of the machine. On the bed is fastened a' projection or ridge,.l), close to that por-tion of said bed where the pickers would strike-the same if allowed to come down. This projection or' ridge ls either made in oneloontinuo'uspieee or it may be made in sections, or insteadof applying a ridge to the 'surface of the'bed, that portion of said surface situatedright under the pickers might be depressed. -When the pickers come down upon the blanks they turn'the edges of the same down over the ridge D, (or force them down into the depression, if in place of the ridgeadepression is madein the bed,) and b`y these means the separation of the blanks, one from the other, is greatly facilitated, as will be seen ily-referring to iig. 2,1vhere the blanks are represented in the position which the same assume Whenestruck 'by the pickers.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' 1. The arrangement f la slide or'slidingarms' yin suitable guide-grooves in the bled ofjt'z'm envelope maehine, in combination with the piekers o1'l gummers, construeted and operatingv substantially as-and for the purpnse set forth. l l t I l ,l

2. Providing the bed witha ridge oibdepression 'to ,ope'ate inleonibiuaton with tlx'e pickers or gummers,

substantially as 'and for the purpose described. v

I GEO. H. REAY.

Witnesses:

WM. Tnnwm, ALEX. F. Rename. 

